#E6D94F#E6D94F

#E6D94F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.155 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D94F
RGB	rgb(230, 217, 79)
HSL	hsl(55, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 65.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.51, -11.37, 66.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.51, 67.80, 99.65°)
OKLab	oklab(87.12% -0.0373 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(87.12% 0.155 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.8596, 67.0155, 17.2305)
Luminance	0.6701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D94F #4F5CE6

analogous

#E68D4F #E6D94F #A8E64F

triadic

#E6D94F #4FE6D9 #D94FE6

tetradic

#E6D94F #4FE68D #4F5CE6 #E64FA8

square

#E6D94F #4FE68D #4F5CE6 #E64FA8

split-complementary

#E6D94F #4FA8E6 #8D4FE6

monochromatic

#A39717 #D9C91F #E6D94F #EEE585 #F5F0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E6D94F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.40

#E6D94F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D94F

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D94F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D94F	1.00	1.46	14.40	14.40
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD23C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d94f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 217, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.155 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e487',
    500: '#e6d94f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d94f;
$custom-light: #f1e487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d94f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.834,
    "s": 75.124,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8712,
    "c": 0.15508,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D94F

secondary

#333DA6

accent

#20D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D94F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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